title: Effect of threonylcarbamoyl modification (t6A) in yeast tRNA Arg III on codon-anticodon and anticodon-anticodon interactions. A thermodynamic and kinetic evaluation.
abstract: The effect of N-[9-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl) purin-6-ylcarbamoyl]threonine (t6A) adjacent to anticodon U-C-U of yeast tRNA Arg III (where U is a modified U), compared to its unmodified adenosine counterpart, has been evaluated by three independent methods: (a) the polynucleotide-directed binding of tRNA on ribosomes, (b) the ribosome-free trinucleotide binding to the anticodon, (c) the anticodon-anticodon binding test. The results obtained by these three methods indicate a small but significant stabilization effect of t6A on the binding of yeast tRNA Arg III with (a) poly(A,G) in the presence of Escherichia coli ribosomes, (b) free A-G-A triplet, and (c) E. coli tRNA Ser V (anticodon G-G-A). We therefore conclude that the stabilization effect of t6A occurs on U x A and U x G base pairs adjacent to the 5' side of the modified nucleoside, most probably by stacking.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000926:Anticodon / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D003062:Codon / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D011684:Purine Nucleosides / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism*; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000378:metabolism*; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013912:Threonine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000926:Anticodon; D003062:Codon; D011684:Purine Nucleosides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; C003268:N(6)-(N-threonylcarbonyl)adenosine; D013912:Threonine; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D000241:Adenosine